US President Donald Trump spoke on the phone with the kremlin leader vladimir putin yesterday and announced a planned meeting in Budapest, but the news came as a surprise to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This is reported by Axios.
Zelenskyy, who arrived in Washington on Thursday afternoon, has remained optimistic in recent days about his planned meeting with Donald Trump and the possibility of receiving long-range Tomahawk missiles from the United States.
However, after landing at Andrews Air Force Base, the Ukrainian President and his team were surprised by Trump's statement that he had spoken to vladimir putin and agreed to meet in Budapest.
Axios noted that among all the countries of the European Union, Hungary is the least friendly to Ukraine.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, Trump said he could not give Ukraine Tomahawk missiles because the United States needs them.
Earlier, Trump said that he had spoken with Putin and called the conversation "productive." He said the two sides agreed to a meeting of high-level US-russian advisers next week, which will be led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other designated participants.
Trump added that the presidents would later meet in person in Budapest. The American leader said that the conversation brought "great progress" and that he plans to discuss its details with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that Budapest is ready to host a possible meeting between US President Donald Trump and russian dictator vladimir putin.
The kremlin said that Putin warned Trump during the conversation against supplying Tomahawks to Ukraine.
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